Temporal trends in colorectal procedure use after colorectal cancer resection

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 933-940

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a   Payes, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751411952     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.08.024     Document Type: Article

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